WAIRARAPA INSTITUTE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 25 August 1883, Page 2

WAIRARAPA INSTITUTE.

The adjourned annual meeting, of the members, of the Institute was hold on Thursday evening. Mr f, ,; H. Wood ''• was voted to the Chair. * The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and confirmed. Tho Chairman road the annual balance-sheet and report as follows : '••■-' ANNUAL REPORT. " Your committep, iu presenting their annual report, are sorry that they cannot congratulate tho subscribers on the financial position of tho Institute. It will be seen by the balance-sheet that although Jhero is at present a balance to credit of £lO 2s 2d, yet the. liabilities at the end of the year exceo» dedthe assets by £9 5s lOd. This will, however, be met by the subscriptions now due; and which your committee would hope to "see promptly paid, so that the work of the Institute may not be retarded. This will appear tho mora necessary, because of the decision of tho Government not to grant any Library subsidies for the current year, and it appears to your committee necessary that some active steps should be taken to raise funds to procure fresh supplies of now books. Towards this end the committee, have been reluctantly compelled to reduce the librarian's salary to £l6 per annum, It will also be necessary for the incoming committee to reduce the oxponsus of tho public reading room, which are unusually heavy. "Notwithstanding the crippled state of the funds the committee have been enabled during the,, year to procure about eighty and these, together with donations of several books from MessrsSkeetaudßlaok(towhom thethar.ks of the committee are due), have increased the already large number of works in the library by over one hundred volumes.

" Twelve meetings of the committee have beon held during-the year, which f. have been fairly well attended. Messrs ' Baillio and Jation declined to act on-^ v " s> the committee and Messra Brooks and Richards were elected in their stead. .- "T; Potort, chairman." The balance sheet and report wore then adopted. • • ; The following officers were then elected :—J. P. Russell, Esq., President, Messrs Coleman Phillips and W. C. Buchanan Vice-Presidents.- ■ - The following were elected a Corar mittee:—Messrs Ponitt, A. Gray, Nation, Wood, Brooks, Sk.eot, Webster, Dr, Bey, and- Revs; Western and • Young. : ; ■ It was resolved' that a sum' of three guineas be voted to tho Secretary as • an honorariam for his serviues< duripo; the year. ' Itwag resolved on the motion of Mr Brooks, seconded by "Mr Porritt, "That the Committee aßk the Greytown Trustees for a donation of !£2o:to koep tho reading room" in a state of efficiency. ; It was resolved that a vote of thanks be passed to tne outgoing Committee. A vote of thanks, to the. Chairman concluded tho business. . > .COMMITTEE'MEETING. \* A meeting of the ■.Committee was .then held,; at .which'Mr Porritt wag" elected Chairman and-Mr W.ebster; Y Secretary. ..., . ,-.'., Two accounts for-pay-ment. A book entitled "Victoria" was

laid on Esq., the autiipr,!*. r-th'cJ was instructed,'to, jipknwvlgdge,, jyith., thanks. '- H' Mr Wood gayb iiotrcei,that.to move at tlioj next;meeting:of; the Committee w6u]4?|><J'fcefti Ma'r!terh r ' instead' of month]^ M!^:>^;^;::: -V.Tho meeting then-adjourned.»' ..